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In Tuesday’s Work Session, the entire Council will vote on and discuss proposed regulations for solar panels in Fayette County — the solar panel ZOTA (Zoning Ordinance Text Amendment). 💼 Download the solar panel ZOTA: You can read the full text of the ZOTA starting on page 27 of this packet. In July, the…

The Lexington Police Department Collision Reconstruction Unit is investigating an injury collision that occurred Saturday evening on Nicholasville Road.  On Saturday, August 16, 2025, around 11:00 p.m., officers received a call about a non-injury hit-and-run collision that occurred near Waller Avenue and Nicholasville Road. The suspect vehicle fled the scene and was involved in…

Committee hears update on state road fund August 18, 2025 Committee co-chair Sen. Jimmy Higdon, R-Lebanon, speaks on how lower motor fuel sales tax revenue leads to less funding for local road projects across the state. The discussion was part of Monday’s Interim Joint Committee on Transportation meeting. A high-resolution photo can be found…

The recommendations from the FCPS Budget Solutions Work Group will be presented to the Board of Education in tonight’s regular Board meeting. The Work Group was created early this summer to come up with solutions for how the District can address the projected $16 million deficit in the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget. 💼 Read…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Federal court records unsealed this week lay out in sharp detail how IRS agents say they caught two Central Kentucky restaurants taking in far more money than they told the government — including multiple years when credit card deposits alone topped the businesses’ entire reported gross revenue. The Aug. 12 unsealing…

FRANKFORT, Ky. — A Louisville clinical social worker has pleaded guilty to orchestrating a multimillion-dollar Medicaid fraud scheme that prosecutors say billed for mental health services never provided — and then used the proceeds to buy luxury cars, including a Mercedes-Benz AMG G63. Jason C. Ocean, owner of Ocean Behavioral Healthcare, admitted in a…

COVINGTON, Ky. – A Michigan man, Malcolm Culmer, 36, pleaded guilty before Chief U.S. District Judge David Bunning to wire fraud and money laundering arising out of a scheme to unlawfully obtain various COVID-19 pandemic relief benefits. In 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, passed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic,…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 15, 2025) — Nine University of Kentucky students were awarded Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarships to support their education abroad goals. The U.S. Department of State’s Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship is a grant program that enables students of limited financial means to study or intern abroad, gaining skills critical to the United States’ national security…

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 15, 2025) — Alexandra F. Paterson’s research paves the way for more reliable and innovative technologies that could benefit health care, manufacturing and everyday life. For her work, she has earned two prestigious national awards for early-career faculty: the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Award and…

LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Urban County Council on Thursday approved a slate of spending measures and heard Mayor Linda Gorton outline a multi-pronged push to increase downtown safety following a recent assault. Gorton said the incident — in which a woman was attacked and the suspect arrested — underscored the need for more visible…